Bringing Down the Moon

Ik wil de maan is een goed voorleesverhaal voor jonge kinderen.
Dit boek is een goed voorbeeld van fantasie omdat alle dieren menselijke kenmerken hebben en het hele boek doorpraten.

Het is een verhaal met een achterliggende boodschap. Een van de grootste lessen van dit verhaal is dat sommige dingen niet zo dichtbij zijn als ze lijken, net als de grote, heldere maan.

Je kan goede voorspellingsvragen stellen en het verhaal spreekt aan voor kinderen.

This book was included in the BCPS curriculum for kindergarten as a 'read-aloud.' This story is very engaging, as it challenges the students to compare how the events in this story compare to real life. Could the mole actually bring down the moon? Is that possible? Of course not! As mole's friends helped him attempt to bring down the moon too, they finally realized that they would not be able to bring it down. One of the biggest takeaways of this story is that some things are not as near as they seem- just like the big, bright moon.

My 20-month-old grandson loves this book and almost knows it by heart. It only has a few characters, a cute story, and a moon to be located on each page. This is a great book for any toddler who has learned to identify the moon! :)

A sweet children's book about a mole who wants to capture the moon. A nice bedtime story.

Genre: Fantasy
Media: watercolors
age appropriateness: primary and intermediate
Review: This book is a good example of fantasy because all of the animals have human characteristics and talk through the whole book. This is the story of a mole who is so taken by the beauty of the moon that he wants to try and catch the moon and keep it all to himself. Something happens and mole (the main character) thinks that he broke the moon and it disappears for a short time behind a cloud. Mole then realizes just how special the moon really is and decided that he would rather watch its beauty from a far.

Bringing down the moon is about a mole who is fascinated with the moon. He tries everything to bring it down from the sky to have it for himself. When he falls from a tree he sees the reflection of the moon in a puddle and he thinks he pulled and down and broke it. When mole finally realizes the moon belongs in the sky he appreciates for where it is.

One night a mole burrowed out of the ground and saw the moon. Since he thought it was beautiful he wanted it, and tried to take it down. He was determined to have the moon even though the rabbit, hedgehog, and squirrel said it was too far to reach. After climbing up a tree to reach it, he fell down, and noticed the moon reflected in a puddle. He thought the moon fell with him, and then broke after he touched it; but it was just the clouds covering the moon in the sky. Afterwards, the other animals showed him the moon was still in the sky, and he too said it was far away.